SOCCER: Efe Sodje is set to return to the Moss Rose when Crewe Alexandra visit Macclesfield for a pre-season friendly.

Sodje, who is still waiting to hear if he has been selected for Nigeria's World Cup squad, is expected to be part of the Crewe side which will visit the Moss Rose on Saturday, August 3.

The game is one of two pre-season matches confirmed at the Moss Rose.

Brian Horton will take on his old mate David Moss when Port Vale come to Macc on July 27.

Moss was Horton's assistant at Oxford, Manchester City and Huddersfield in the early-to-mid-1990s.

The game will also give Macc striker Lee Glover the chance to face one of his former clubs.

Macc have also arranged a series of games away to local non-league clubs, which will give the Silkmen the chance to test reserve team players and triallists. Their pre-season programme will start at North West Counties League side Abbey Hey on July 17.

Macclesfield's full pre-season schedule is as follows:

July 17 Abbey Hey (a)

July 18 Congleton (a)

July 20 Stafford (a)

July 23 Kidsgrove (a)

July 24 Witton Albion (a)

July 27 Port Vale (h)

July 29 Flixton (a)

July 30 Nuneaton (a)

Aug 3 Crewe (h)

Macclesfield are hopeful of attracting a Premiership club for a pre-season game.

It is understood that the club have asked Sunderland to visit the Moss Rose, but nothing has yet been confirmed.